My Speedtouch 585 (v5) has today been playing up.
It started by the connection disconnecting with a message - 'Idle Timeout Reached' or similar.
I tried to reconnect but the router appeared to lock up. It was accessible by telnet, but not via the HTTP interface.
I tried to do a system reboot via telnet, and this didn't do anything on the router. So after leaving it for ~5 mins or so with no joy, I decided I would have to power the router down via the power switch at the back.
10 mins later I came back to power it on again, all the lights came on as normal but the router was not accessible by any of the connected devices (2 wired PC's, and 1 wireless PC). Neither the telnet interface or the HTTP one was responding, and it wasn't pingable. Further more, when I checked the PC's IP address, it was not being assigned one on the routers own range, so I am assuming the DHCP isn't working on the router.
I tried manually configuring one of the PC's onto it's IP range and trying to get to it that way, but it was unsuccessful. Eventually I gave up and plugged it out for an hour or so, then when I powered it up again (and still wouldn't work) I tried the hard reset switch at the back, and at first it did nothing, then I tried it again (holding down for several seconds both times) and it eventually appeared to do a hard reset.
Most of my settings had been cleared, but some (password & WEP key) were still there. But it was working.
Now fast forward a couple of hours, and I notice MSN has signed out, and the internet has stopped responding - so I access the router and again it shows as disconnected and when I clicked connect it stopped responding, and I'm back where I started
.
I've tried numerous times to do a hard reset, to no avail and I don't appear to be getting anywhere.
Has anyone else had similar problems like this, or any idea if the router is salvageable or should I just bin it?
Thanks
It started by the connection disconnecting with a message - 'Idle Timeout Reached' or similar.
I tried to reconnect but the router appeared to lock up. It was accessible by telnet, but not via the HTTP interface.
I tried to do a system reboot via telnet, and this didn't do anything on the router. So after leaving it for ~5 mins or so with no joy, I decided I would have to power the router down via the power switch at the back.
10 mins later I came back to power it on again, all the lights came on as normal but the router was not accessible by any of the connected devices (2 wired PC's, and 1 wireless PC). Neither the telnet interface or the HTTP one was responding, and it wasn't pingable. Further more, when I checked the PC's IP address, it was not being assigned one on the routers own range, so I am assuming the DHCP isn't working on the router.
I tried manually configuring one of the PC's onto it's IP range and trying to get to it that way, but it was unsuccessful. Eventually I gave up and plugged it out for an hour or so, then when I powered it up again (and still wouldn't work) I tried the hard reset switch at the back, and at first it did nothing, then I tried it again (holding down for several seconds both times) and it eventually appeared to do a hard reset.
Most of my settings had been cleared, but some (password & WEP key) were still there. But it was working.
Now fast forward a couple of hours, and I notice MSN has signed out, and the internet has stopped responding - so I access the router and again it shows as disconnected and when I clicked connect it stopped responding, and I'm back where I started
.I've tried numerous times to do a hard reset, to no avail and I don't appear to be getting anywhere.
Has anyone else had similar problems like this, or any idea if the router is salvageable or should I just bin it?
Thanks
